Skill Development refers to the mastery of academic and technical content youth need in order to develop a range of non-academic, social and emotional, and employability skills. These skills are sometimes referred to as ‘soft skills’ and are seen as essential in order for youth to be successful in college, career, and beyond.
Resources
Focus on Outcomes: Developing a Comprehensive Measurement Framework in Afterschool
This webinar highlighted tools that can help communities measure soft skills, and provided examples of systems that have undertaken this shift.
Reaching Postsecondary Success: Pathways for Youth in Transition from Foster Care
This webinar highlighted the unique challenges that youth in transition from foster care face on the path to postsecondary success.
Using Student Surveys: Implications for State and District Policy
This webinar focused on the use of student surveys at the district and state levels.
Focus on Data-Sharing: Building Formal Connections to Local Systems to Boost Afterschool Impact
This webinar highlighted avenues for expanding collaborations between afterschool programs and a wide range community partners.